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About SoTL – Analysis, synthesis, reflection, and discussion
Abstract
Faculty teaching developmental support courses strive to provide students with the weapons they need to successfully battle inadequate math skills and poor study habits while simultaneously attempting to aid those students coping with feelings of fatigue and despair that result from setbacks on their path to success. After spending 25 years working with developmental math students, I was inspired to create new strategies that would guide them to the achievement of greater success. This session reflects upon my experiences and the methods of intervention I developed to improve both the academic skills and the self-efficacy of these students.
Session Format
Research Brief and Reflection Panels
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Location
Scarbrough Two
Recommended Citation
Smeltzer, Joan H., "Insights from the Front Lines of Teaching Developmental Math" (2020). SoTL Commons Conference. 68.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sotlcommons/SoTL/2020/68
Insights from the Front Lines of Teaching Developmental Math
Scarbrough Two
Faculty teaching developmental support courses strive to provide students with the weapons they need to successfully battle inadequate math skills and poor study habits while simultaneously attempting to aid those students coping with feelings of fatigue and despair that result from setbacks on their path to success. After spending 25 years working with developmental math students, I was inspired to create new strategies that would guide them to the achievement of greater success. This session reflects upon my experiences and the methods of intervention I developed to improve both the academic skills and the self-efficacy of these students.
